I just finished a youtube video tutorial for beginners on connecting letters with brush lettering. You can grab the practice sheets for free here: http://eepurl.com/c0CoIH
The pen I suggest using for this type of lettering is the Tombow Fudenosuke, you can grab those here. I have a little sneak peak at the practice sheets here, but you can also check out the youtube video to see all the words included.
